The Expedition of Humphry Clinker Tobias Smollett ; introduction and notes by Thomas R. Preston ; the text edited by O M Brack, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771.

Contributor:

Brack, O M, Jr., 1938-2012.

Preston, Thomas R.

Series:

Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771. 1988. Works.

The works of Tobias Smollett

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Travelers--Fiction.

Travelers.

Great Britain--Fiction.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Epistolary fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (561 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker , Tobias Smollett's last published novel and most celebrated work, appeared in June 1771, three months before the author's death. A classic in the history of the English novel, it takes the form of a collection of letters written by various members of Mr. Matthew Bramble's family (for whom Humphry Clinker is a general servant) during their eight months of travel in England and Scotland in the 1760's. The wanderings of the Bramble party result in a series of amusing adventures and episodes, unfolding within the main plot in which the eccentric and contentious

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; List of Letters; The Expedition of Humphry Clinker; Notes to the Text; Textual Commentary; List of Emendations; Textual Notes; Word-Division; Historical Collation; Bibliographical Descriptions; Table of Corrections; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-439) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8203-4660-8

OCLC:

871257406